Raises on Tuesday's BOE Agenda
More than 50 members of the school district's administrators' and supervisors' union will be up for raises Tuesday and former Homeland Security Director Donald Moye will return as a consultant.
The Board of Education business meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 16, 2008) at the Educational Support Complex, 1200 Myrtle Avenue.
The full list of salary changes is in the agenda on the district web site. The increases will push a few more staffers over the $100,000 mark. The raises are for the 2008-09 school year.
Moye will receive $40 per hour for help in "providing a safe learning environment, complying with state requirements for safe schools, and in the area of crisis management," according to the resolution. He will also be responsible for coordination with local police and emergency management agencies. Click here for a blog post on his previous district role in 2005, after he retired from the Plainfield Police Division.
Former school board member Inez Durham is up for an interim appointment as director of Special Education, Gifted and Psychological Services at a prorated salary of $135,000. Two vice principal appointments will also be up for a vote. They are Sophia L. Van Ess as vice principal, Content Area - Literacy at a pro-rated salary of $106,800 plus $1,000 longevity and Deitria V. Smith as vice principal, Content Area - Social Studies.
Congratulations to all the longtime educators who are honored on the district web site for their many years of service!
--Bernice Paglia
The Board of Education business meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 16, 2008) at the Educational Support Complex, 1200 Myrtle Avenue.
The full list of salary changes is in the agenda on the district web site. The increases will push a few more staffers over the $100,000 mark. The raises are for the 2008-09 school year.
Moye will receive $40 per hour for help in "providing a safe learning environment, complying with state requirements for safe schools, and in the area of crisis management," according to the resolution. He will also be responsible for coordination with local police and emergency management agencies. Click here for a blog post on his previous district role in 2005, after he retired from the Plainfield Police Division.
Former school board member Inez Durham is up for an interim appointment as director of Special Education, Gifted and Psychological Services at a prorated salary of $135,000. Two vice principal appointments will also be up for a vote. They are Sophia L. Van Ess as vice principal, Content Area - Literacy at a pro-rated salary of $106,800 plus $1,000 longevity and Deitria V. Smith as vice principal, Content Area - Social Studies.
Congratulations to all the longtime educators who are honored on the district web site for their many years of service!
--Bernice Paglia
posted by Bernice at 9:01 AM
4 Comments:
Talk about pay-to-play. Dr Durham has worked on all the board members campaigns (except maybe two) and she is rewarded with a hefty contract.
She paid and now she plays = specifically with $135,000 of our tax dollars.
Where do I sign up?
As it relates to Dr. Durham, you "sign up" after you have earned your proper credentials, served as an admininstrator and established a distinguished career as an educator and hold a background in a critical need area. Dr. Durham is serving as Interim and it says until a suitable replacement is found. She is qualified and has unquestionable integrity. What now?
We wonder how this pay-to-play differs from any other pay-to-play. The basis of complaint against pay-to-play is not competency, but wrong incentives.
I happen to work in the district's SPED department and know for a fact that this is not a "pay to play" or whatever you all described it as. The previous Director was hired under Mr. Carter and abruptly quit at the end of the year. She took another job in another district. The position was advertised both in and out of the district. There were few takers. One was selected by Dr. Gallon but he eventually declined the position and went elsewhere. Dr. Durham was actually recruited to come and work with the district. As a member of that department I am thankful for her leadership. She is not only competent. But she knows education and cares about students.
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